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A Government spokesman reiterated today (Tuesday) that there was no question of any amnesty for illegal immigrants.
"Our latest operation should drive home the point that there will be no change to this policy. Anyone foolish enough to believe otherwise is only cheating oneself," he said.
The spokesman stressed that apart from continuous checks throughout the territory, there was no let-up in anti-illegal immigration efforts at the border.
"A high state of vigilance will continue to be maintained by the Police and the security forces both at the land and sea borders," he said.
During the joint operation, which began at 5 am last Friday (June 16) and ended at 5 am the following day (June 17), the Police stepped up their identification spot checks in public places and carried out checks at suspicious locations throughout the territory.
As a result, a total of 22,481 persons, 2,501 vehicles and 304 vessels were stopped for identification checks.
During the operation, Immigration investigators visited a total of 36 residential addresses and business establishments and arrested 15 suspected immigration offenders. Six local employers were invited to assist investigation.
Among the 15 arrestees, there were seven men and eight women. Eight of them were Two-way Permit holders, three were visitors, two were foreign domestic helpers, and the remaining two were imported workers.
All the Two-way Permit holders and imported workers were arrested at places of work. They were suspected to have taken up illegal or unapproved employment.
On the labour front, inspectors of the Labour Department visited 2,265 establishments to weed out any illegal immigrants who may be working there and to check that employers fulfil their legal obligation of keeping proper records of their employees.
A total of 5,664 employees had their proof of identity checked.